Recent Experimental Progress in Nuclear Astrophysics

Experimental nuclear astrophysics aims at determining the nuclear properties and reaction rates that impact our understanding of past and ongoing processes in the Universe. Owing to the large number of unique sites, conditions, and environments in which nuclear physics plays an important, if not dominant role, a wide variety of complementary experimental approaches are required. This in turn requires utilization of multiple facilities throughout the world in order to obtain the nuclear data of interest. Some recent experimental approaches and results are reviewed with an eye towards future facilities and emerging frontiers of nuclear astrophysics.